And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you. AND NOW, O YE PRIESTS, THIS COMMANDMENT IS FOR YOU. The priests in particular are reproved, as their part was to have led the people aright, and reproved sin, whereas they encouraged and led them into sin. Ministers cannot sin or suffer alone.... [ Continue Reading ]
If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart. IF YE WILL NOT LAY IT TO HEART - my commands. Ther... [ Continue Reading ]
Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your solemn feasts; and one shall take you away with it. BEHOLD, I WILL CORRUPT YOUR SEED - "corrupt" [ go`eer (H1605) 'et (H854) hazera` (H2233)], literally, 'rebuke,' answering to the opposite prophecy of blessi... [ Continue Reading ]
And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that my covenant might be with Levi, saith the LORD of hosts. AND YE SHALL KNOW THAT I HAVE SENT THIS COMMANDMENT UNTO YOU, THAT MY COVENANT MIGHT BE WITH LEVI - "ye shall know," by bitter experience of the consequences, that it was w... [ Continue Reading ]
My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him for the fear wherewith he feared me, and was afraid before my name. He describes the promises, and also the conditions of the covenant; Levi's observance of the conditions and the consequent reward (cf. Numbers 25:11-4, Phinehas'... [ Continue Reading ]
Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers? HAVE WE NOT ALL ONE FATHER? HATH NOT ONE GOD CREATED US? WHY DO WE DEAL TREACHEROUSLY EVERY MAN AGAINST HIS BROTHER, BY PROFANING THE COVE... [ Continue Reading ]
Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of the LORD which he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange god. JUDAH HATH DEALT TREACHEROUSLY - namely, in respect to the Jewish wives who were put away ... [ Continue Reading ]
The LORD will cut off the man that doeth this, the master and the scholar, out of the tabernacles of Jacob, and him that offereth an offering unto the LORD of hosts. THE LORD WILL CUT OFF THE MAN THAT DOETH THIS, THE MASTER AND THE SCHOLAR, [ `eer (H5782) wª`oneh (H6030)] - literally, 'him that w... [ Continue Reading ]
And this have ye done again, covering the altar of the LORD with tears, with weeping, and with crying out, insomuch that he regardeth not the offering any more, or receiveth it with good will at your hand. AND THIS HAVE YE DONE AGAIN, [ sheeniyt (H8145)] - 'a second time:' an aggravation of your... [ Continue Reading ]
Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant. YET YE SAY, WHEREFORE? - why does God reject our offerings? BECAUSE THE LORD HATH BEEN WITNESS B... [ Continue Reading ]
And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth. AND DID NOT HE MAKE ONE? YET HAD HE THE RESIDUE OF THE SPIRIT. AND WHEREFORE ONE? T... [ Continue Reading ]
For the LORD, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away: for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the LORD of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously. FOR THE LORD, THE GOD OF ISRAEL, SAITH THAT HE HATETH PUTTING AWAY - i:e., divorce. FOR ON... [ Continue Reading ]
Ye have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him? When ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of the LORD, and he delighteth in them; or, Where is the God of judgment? YE HAVE WEARIED THE LORD WITH YOUR WORDS - (). YET YE SAY, WHEREIN HAVE WE WEA... [ Continue Reading ]